EARLY YEARS
1978 – 1984
- RP Holdings establishes its construction business
1985 – 1990
- RP Holdings grows to 5,000 employees
- Wins business from a petrochemical major in Saudi Arabia
- Secures major contracts in Al- Jubail
1990 – 2000
- Expands business to other GCC countries
- Starts construction for Oil and Gas, Petrochemical and Steel companies
- Emerges as a leading regional general contractor
DIVERSIFICATION
2000 – 2006
- Sets up Gulf Asia Contracting LLC in the UAE
- Establishes Arabian Choice Trading in the UAE
- Establishes fabrication division in Saudi Arabia
2006 – 2008
- Acquires a hotel in Dubai, UAE
- Wins Best Partner award from Samsung Engineering
- Dr. Ravi Pillai, RP Holdings’s founder, receives the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award
- Starts travel companies in the UAE
2009 – 2010
- Wins the Best Contractor award from EXXON MOBIL, USA
- Dr. Ravi Pillai honoured with Padma Shri honour
- Sets up hotel in Kozhikode in Kerala, India
GROWTH MOMENTUM
2010 – 2012
- Acquires The Leela Hotel in Kerala, India
- Opens Raviz Hotel, Kollam
- Sets up contracting business in Australia for mining & LNG
- Sets up a training institute for professionals in Australia
2013
- Expands its hotel portfolio in India
- Secures large construction projects in KSA, UAE, Qatar
2014
- Opens Raviz Centre Point Hotel in Dubai, UAE
- Starts construction of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dubai, UAE
- Ventures into the real estate business in the UAE
2015
- Establishes RP Global, the real estate arm of the group
- RP Global launches RP Heights, a multi-storey luxurious tower in Downtown Dubai